Radiation Damages in Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Failure Analysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1756
Special Issue Editor
Interests: radiation damage effects; nuclear materials; small-scale mechanical testing; in situ transmission/scanning electron microscopy; helium ion microscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The irradiation of metallic materials by energetic particles (e.g., ions, neutrons, protons, or electrons) is frequently encountered in many applications, such as nuclear power systems, electron- or ion-based characterization techniques, and aerospace-oriented devices. Irradiation usually comes with undesired damages in the form of defect accumulation and physical property degradation. In general, the resulting damage effects are strongly dependent on the material microstructure and composition, as well as the radiation conditions. This Special Issue aims to present the latest experiments and simulations that can advance our understanding of the fundamentals of radiation damages in conventional or advanced metallic materials. We are inviting researchers in relevant fields to submit their original work to this Special Issue. We encourage submissions covering a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, radiation-induced point defects and defect clusters, diffusion and segregation, hardening, volume swelling and surface modification, radiation-enhanced precipitation, recrystallization and grain growth, etc.
Dr. Cuncai Fan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- radiation effects
- defect clusters
- nuclear materials
- structural materials
- metals
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